In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word


Walt Whitman

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Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.
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Some people are so much sunshine to the square inch.
WALT WHITMAN
It [baseball] will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical ...
WALT WHITMAN
When I give, I give myself
WALT WHITMAN
Shut not your doors to me proud libraries.
WALT WHITMAN
I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise,
Regardless of others, ever regardful...
WALT WHITMAN
Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep w...
WALT WHITMAN
If you want me again look for me under your boot soles.
WALT WHITMAN
Peace is always beautiful.
WALT WHITMAN
I exist as I am, that is enough,
If no other in the world be aware I sit content,
And if...
WALT WHITMAN
I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world.
WALT WHITMAN
I am large, I contain multitudes
WALT WHITMAN
Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you.
You must travel it by yourself.
It is...
WALT WHITMAN
Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large -- I contain multitudes.
WALT WHITMAN
Behind this face that appears so impassive Hell's tides continually run
WALT WHITMAN
Seeing, hearing and feeling are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle.
WALT WHITMAN
Each of us inevitable; Each of us limitless - each of us with his or her right upon the earth; Each ...
WALT WHITMAN
Many a good man I have seen go under.
WALT WHITMAN
These are the days that must happen to you.
WALT WHITMAN
I celebrate myself, and what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belon...
WALT WHITMAN
Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination?
WALT WHITMAN
Youth, large, lusty, loving - Youth, full of grace, force, fascination. Do you know that Old Age may...
WALT WHITMAN
Give me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling.
WALT WHITMAN
I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.
WALT WHITMAN
Simplicity is the glory of expression
WALT WHITMAN
Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name...
WALT WHITMAN
The damp of the night drives deeper into my soul.
WALT WHITMAN
The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know they are very wel...
WALT WHITMAN
Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in ...
WALT WHITMAN
Sail Forth- Steer for the deep waters only. Reckless O soul, exploring. I with thee and thou with me...
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